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croat123 · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:06 AM

retired

croat123 · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:07 AM

i was so excited for this one too

kfh_9118 · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:09 AM

just checked the score, afraid it was Miki who's injured.

sad for Jelena, but relieved it's not Miki who's injured

WhatTheDeuce · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:09 AM

Same

networthy · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:11 AM

And I stayed up until 04:00 for this?!?

SERVivor · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:14 AM

Jankovic looked like she was injured or just didn't want to play from the beginning. She was serving softballs and Lucic was a sitting duck at net. Lucic.s first serve was very good when it went in. Her volleying wasn't great but at least she was trying unlike Jankovic. I have a feeling Jelena just wanted to get out of Australia i.e. don't expect her to miss any singles action with an injury.

croat123 · Jan 21st, 2013, 02:14 AM

i thought miki was playing well too. good serving, solid groundies. a few good pick up volleys (and her standard high volley misses)

mikireturns · Jan 21st, 2013, 03:48 AM

Not a big Jelena fan right now.

Of course, one cannot say definitively, but in my opinion this crap smacked of JJ "Diva Nonsense."

We all saw Miki very intense and determined. I understand that the dubs doesn't mean as much to JJ, but frankly any of us could see this meant a lot to Mirjana.

Whatever. I hope Jelena will somehow "survive" and hope Miki goes forward to sharp tennis this season.

But, as a longtime observer of the game, it looked to me like Jelena was hungover from a couple nights partying (which she can afford -- for NOW) and just didn't want to hang around town.

Fine, but she ought to have told Mirjana, who clearly came to PLAY.

croat123 · Jan 21st, 2013, 04:06 AM

looks like the JJ forum is reporting a ruptured abdominal muscle...
if she was injured, i hope she gets better

SERVivor · Jan 21st, 2013, 04:21 AM

I'm glad she actually was injured. I would hate if she tanked.

mikireturns · Jan 21st, 2013, 04:56 AM

Whatever the situation may be -- unfortunate.

Hope Mirjana works hard and shows what she can do in the Midland, Michigan $100K.

Looking at her this evening, she certainly is as fit as any woman on tour and her power is -- WOW.

Miki has her own unusual, unique power as a hitter. Guess that's one reason we like her.

Best of luck to a player who has already proved herself honorable.

volume3d · Jan 21st, 2013, 11:34 AM

Is it true that Miki also got QF points because JJ retired ? One guy on croatian forum said it few times already but I dont believe it

croat123 · Jan 21st, 2013, 12:30 PM

I think she only gets second round points actually...

ajmo! · Jan 21st, 2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by croat123

I think she only gets second round points actually...

You mean because they got W.O.? Hope it's not true because that rule would leave a lot of space for calculations at times.
And also if it is Mirjana just stayed in Australia 5-6 days longer(from her R1 doubles match), earned no points and played 3 games.

SERVivor · Jan 21st, 2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mikireturns

Whatever the situation may be -- unfortunate.

Hope Mirjana works hard and shows what she can do in the Midland, Michigan $100K.

Looking at her this evening, she certainly is as fit as any woman on tour and her power is -- WOW.

Miki has her own unusual, unique power as a hitter. Guess that's one reason we like her.

Best of luck to a player who has already proved herself honorable.

She really does have awesome power. There was at least one point where she overpowered Pavlychenkova, who is herself no weakling. I have watched a lot of her matches both livestream and in in person and I have yet to see her lose because she was overpowered. Even Sharapova didn't really overpower her, just she made a crapload of UEs that day.